63rd Venice International Film Festival


The 63rd annual Venice International Film Festival, held in Venice, Italy, was opened on 30 August 2006 with Brian De Palma's The Black Dahlia and was closed on 9 September 2006. Host of the event was Italian actress Isabella Ferrari.
During the festival, retrospectives were held on the one hundredth anniversary of the births of three major Italian directors: Roberto Rossellini, Mario Soldati and Luchino Visconti. The Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement Award was presented to American director David Lynch. All the films running the contest were shown for the first time as world premiere in the festival history since the Second World War.

Juries

The international juries of the 63rd Venice International Film Festival were composed as follows:
Main Competition
Horizons
Opera Prima
Short Film Competition

In competition

The competitive section of the official selection is an international competition of feature films in 35mm and digital HD format, running for the Golden Lion.

Out of competition

Works by directors already established in past editions of the Festival, and films deemed appropriate for a midnight screening.

Horizons

A section aiming to provide a picture of the new trends in cinema.

Corto Cortissimo

International competition of 35mm short films, in world premiere, not exceeding 30 minutes in length.

The secret story of Russian cinema

Special monografic section on the Secret story of Russian cinema from 1934 to 1974.
English titleOriginal titleYearDirector
AccordionГармонь / Garmon1934Igor Savchenko
Jolly FellowsВесёлые ребята / Vesiolye rebiata1934Grigori Aleksandrov
CircusЦирк / Tsirk1936Grigori Aleksandrov
The Country BrideБогатая невеста / Bogataja nevesta1938Ivan Pyryev
Volga-VolgaВолга-Волга1938Grigori Aleksandrov
Tractor DriversТрактористы / Traktorzyści1939Ivan Pyryev
Musical StoryМузыкальная история / Muzykalnaja istorija1940Aleksandr Ivanovsky and Herbert Rappaport
TanyaСветлый путь / Svetly put1940Grigori Aleksandrov
They Met in MoscowСвинарка и пастух / Svinarka i pastukh1941Ivan Pyryev
Six P.M.В 6 часов вечера после войны / V shest chasov vechera posle voyny1944Ivan Pyryev
SpringtimeВесна / Vesna1947Grigori Aleksandrov
Cossacks of the KubanКубанские казаки / Kubanskie kazaki1950Ivan Pyryev
Bountiful SummerЩедрое лето / Shchedroe leto1950Boris Barnet
Carnival NightКарнавальная ночь / Karnavalnaya noch1956Eldar Ryazanov
Our Dear Doctor Наш милый доктор / Nash milyy doktor1957Shaken Aimanov
Cherry TownЧерёмушки / Cheriomushki1962Herbert Rappaport
Save the Drowning ManСпасите утопающего / Spasite utopayushchego1967Pavel Arsenov
A Lover's RomanceРоманс о влюблённых / Romans o vlyublyonnykh1974Andrei Konchalovsky

Joaquim Pedro de Andrade

This is a special section dedicated to the Brazilian movie-maker, Joaquim Pedro de Andrade, one of the fathers of new cinema and a famous renewal of Brazilian cinema. His daughter, Alice de Andrade, also a producer, restored the fourteen works that constitute all of her father's filmography.

Secret History of Italian Cinema 3

Special monographic sessions dedicated to the secret story of Italian film from 1937 to 1979. This is the third part of the retrospective of Italian Film, initiated at the 61st Venice International Film Festival.

Autonomous sections

Venice International Film Critics' Week

The following feature films were selected to be screened as In Competition for the 21st Venice International Film Critics’ Week:

Venice Days

The following films were selected for the 3rd edition of Venice Days autonomous section:

Awards

Official selection

The following Official Awards were conferred at the 63rd edition:
In Competition
Special Awards
Horizons awards
Short Film awards '
The following official and collateral awards were conferred to films of the autonomous sections:
Venice International Film Critics' Week
Venice Days
The following collateral awards were conferred to films of the official selection: